Easter Monday.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corely, Hal, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--18th century.

English poetry.

Genre:

Poems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (7,[1]p. )

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed and sold by J. Marshall, at the Cheap-Repository, No. 17, Queen-Street, Cheapside, and No. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard, Bow-Lane, London; and may be had of the Booksellers, Newsmen, and Hawkers, in Town and Country. Great Allowance to Shopkeepers and Hawkers, [1797?]

[Place of publication not identified] Samuel French Incorporated 2011

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dramatic Comedy / 2m, 1f / InteriorAn eccentric widower, Mack has been a stay-at-home dad for twenty years, his daily existence revolving around his son Billy. Not only can't he let go, Mack's convinced he's more needed than ever. First up is pulling Billy from a dead-end copy shop job and enrollment in culinary school-after all, he was a finalist in the Pillsbury Bake-off. Then Mack discovers that Billy, adopted from infancy, has contacted his birthmother, a Washington, DC secretary about to make a first trip to New York City. Panicky Mack spends a sleepless three days coaching his son, determined to impress Adela with Billy's upbringing-and their indestructible father-son bond. Over a snowy Easter weekend, these three square off. Confronting timid Adela, Billy's romanticized ideas about his identity are turned inside out, as Mack's deepest insecurities surface. Mack is convinced the woman will psychologically lay claim to the child she gave up two decades earlier. Yet for Adela, a lasting reconnection with the boy couldn't be further from her mind. With abundant humor, Easter Monday addresses what it means to be a parent, and to be parented, illuminating both the pain and joy in finally saying goodbye to childhood.....An interesting examination of an unusual father-son relationship... The Sondheim lyrics 'stay a child while you can be a child' are embodied in Mack, the overprotective father. In his eagerness to keep his adopted son Billy with him, Mack has in essence tried to keep him a child. He creates a wonderful world of nostalgia that is very moving... Easter Monday holds our interest, and Corley has written some beautifully evocative lines ... -Connie Meng, NPR RadioCharacter Descriptions:MACK: 55-ish; a radically sentimental, unapologetic Pollyanna; unselfconscious, devoid of vanity, he's alternately tender, prickly, impatient, cuddly, bullying, at times fiercely defensive and aggressively paternal.BILLY: Mack's son, 20; attractively boyish, yet preternaturally world-weary; gentle, introspective and cautious, he has developed a short fuse, and though desperate to avoid confrontation, he can turn combative.ADELA: Billy's birthmother; 35; unprepossessing, plain-spoken and intensely focused on whatever meager task is at hand; though decidedly meek, she's capable of standing up for the truth - and herself.Please contact Samuel French, Inc. (www.samuelfrench.com) for performance licensing inquiries.

Notes:

Verse.

At head of titlepage: 'Cheap repository'.

Price from imprint: Price One Halfpenny. Or 2s. 3d. per 100. - 1s. 3d. for 50. - 9d. for 25, (entered at Stationers Hall.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T32399.

ISBN:

0-573-80248-3

OCLC:

642567351